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... Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary , under the following heads , viz . Abra- ham - Angel - Anthropophagi or_Man - eaters- Country - miracle - Limits of the Human Under- standing - Peter - Religion - War - Freedom of Sentiment Baptism ...
... Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary , under the following heads , viz . Abra- ham - Angel - Anthropophagi or_Man - eaters- Country - miracle - Limits of the Human Under- standing - Peter - Religion - War - Freedom of Sentiment Baptism ...
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... Voltaire to go to the Hottentots to look for quiet simplicity of manners - he could have found it in Pennsylvania , united with neither filth nor stupidity - but with all the active virtues of a busy and useful lifeIs the christian ...
... Voltaire to go to the Hottentots to look for quiet simplicity of manners - he could have found it in Pennsylvania , united with neither filth nor stupidity - but with all the active virtues of a busy and useful lifeIs the christian ...
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... Voltaire's Manners and Spirit of Nations , " and Volney's Ruins , " would be succeeded by the fragrant odour of a " garden enclosed , " and the interesting history of the restoration of the golden age . " 66 vinced by the simple ...
... Voltaire's Manners and Spirit of Nations , " and Volney's Ruins , " would be succeeded by the fragrant odour of a " garden enclosed , " and the interesting history of the restoration of the golden age . " 66 vinced by the simple ...
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... Voltaire ? -How feeble are the powers of man compared to theirs , who could pervert with success the judgment of so great man- How many thousands was Voltaire the instrument of convincing , that the doctrine of evil spirits , was the ...
... Voltaire ? -How feeble are the powers of man compared to theirs , who could pervert with success the judgment of so great man- How many thousands was Voltaire the instrument of convincing , that the doctrine of evil spirits , was the ...
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... the unhappy victim , until the seeds of death sown in his constitution , apprize him of the fact , when no remedy remains , but that of resignation to his grave . 1 REVIEW OF SOME PASSAGES IN VOLTAIRE'S PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY . HIS 423.
... the unhappy victim , until the seeds of death sown in his constitution , apprize him of the fact , when no remedy remains , but that of resignation to his grave . 1 REVIEW OF SOME PASSAGES IN VOLTAIRE'S PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY . HIS 423.
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Page 218 - What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
Page 220 - Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
Page 394 - Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel ; is not my way equal ? are not your ways unequal...
Page 438 - Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost. And the young men came in, and found her dead, and carrying her forth buried her by her husband. And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.
Page 394 - Order is Heaven's first law; and this confest, Some are, and must be, greater than the rest, More rich, more wise; but who infers from hence That such are happier, shocks all common sense.
Page 30 - And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed. 15 Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
Page 36 - As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
Page 216 - In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so. Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.
Page 217 - He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.
Page 184 - There is only one condition previously required of those who desire admission into these societies, "a desire to flee from the wrath to come, and to be saved from their sins.